Mo Isom is getting another tryout as a kicker for the Tigers in fall practice

Even with LSU returning second team All-SEC placekicker Drew Alleman, Tigers Coach Les Miles is giving former Tiger women's soccer star Mo Isom another tryout during the upcoming fall practice.

But Miles made it clear Wednesday that Isom is facing an uphill battle.

"The idea that she beats him (Alleman) out in pressure kicks during
preseason practice? Not likely," Miles said during his annual address to the Baton Rouge Rotary Club.

"She's going to have to compete. Knowing Mo, that's what she
wants to do. She wants to win the job right. She doesn't want to be given
anything thing, and so she'll have to."

Alleman was 16 for 18 on field goals and made 62 of 63 PATs and the Tigers have three other place kickers on the roster. That precludes any others that show up, most of whom have experience kicking in football games.

Isom, LSU's 2011 Homecoming Queen, unsuccessful in a bid to make the team during spring practice but was promised another shot in fall drills, which begin Aug. 2. Miles routinely holds a one-day tryout for kickers during fall camp.

Miles has already ruled out Isom, who is 6-feet and 190 pounds, as a kickoff specialist because "she's going to have to run down there and make a tackle. She doesn't have that kick for us."

Miles said it's possible to put Isom on the roster and give her a chance in a game but that it would cost a roster spot.

"You say to yourself, 'If I give her a kick, that would be a
great reward for being on the team. But then there's a spot that a productive
man did not get to fill. You have a number you must meet, there are no extra
seats.

"The compliment to Mo is she's a tremendous athlete and
somebody that would honor the opportunity. She's going to get some more
kicking (in the fall).